Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Rushing or running in a pack or crowd: Describes the action of a group, typically animals like dogs, moving together quickly and noisily as a mob or pack.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Đàn chó nhâu nhâu chạy ra sủa. (The dogs ran out barking in a pack.)
  • Bọn trẻ nhâu nhâu chạy theo sau xe. (The children rushed in a crowd after the vehicle.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhâu nhâu kéo đến": to flock or swarm to a place.
  • Nghe tin có quà, lũ trẻ nhâu nhâu kéo đến. (Hearing there was a gift, the children swarmed over.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhâu (verb, informal/colloquial): To eat messily or greedily. Note: This is a distinct, homophonous word with a different meaning (to eat) and is not a variant of "nhâu nhâu".

Synonyms

• Ồ ạt (adv): In a massive, surging manner.
• Ào ào (adv): In a rushing, torrential manner (often for people or water).

Notes on Meaning

• The word "nhâu nhâu" is primarily used to describe the collective, hurried, and often disorderly movement of a group. It carries a connotation of noise and lack of individual distinction within the mob. Its usage is almost exclusively adverbial and is more common in spoken or descriptive narrative language than in formal writing. The provided reference clarifies it is not related to the verb "nhâu" (to eat).

1. Rush (run) in a pack
   • Đàn chó nhâu nhâu chạy ra sủa
     the dogs ran out barking in a pack